[Rarebooks] FS: Rare & important 1874 illus. work on Mexican military history & the French intervention w/9 plans of battles

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEXICO) Hijar y Haro, Juan Bautista de and Jose Maria Vigil. ENSAYO HISTORICO DEL EJERCITO DE OCCIDENTE. Mexico: Imprenta de Ignacio cumplido. 1874. First edition. Large 4to. . viii,644,(4)pp. Note: an additional gathering, 4 leaves (pp. 489-496) are bound in error between pages 344 and 345. Illustrated with 13 lithograph portraits and 9 double-page plans of battles, the opposing forces highlighted in color. Cont. brown morocco, elaborately blind stamped spine compartments, over moire silk covered boards. Minor soiling of boards and an old paper label at foot of spine, A few of the plates with minor foxing, but most are quite clean.    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
A rare and important work on Mexican military history and the French intervention into Mexico.

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